As a Senior Underwriter within the Design Professional West Region, you will play a key role in driving profitable growth and underwriting excellence across the portfolio. Working closely with the Underwriting Manager, Functional Line Underwriters, brokers, and regional business partners, you will underwrite and manage complex professional liability risks, identify growth opportunities, and support business objectives related to profitability, retention, and service delivery. Success in this role requires robust technical underwriting expertise, sound judgment, relationship management skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional client and broker experiences.
What you'll be doingWhat will your essential responsibilities include?
- Underwriting both new and renewal business within assigned territory. Assisting in achieving profitable premium and rate goals, working with actuarial and claims and successfully delivering results consistent with financial plan.
- Developing, maintaining, and servicing broker relationships within the distribution model. Coordinate with brokers to determine their marketing and education needs supported by AXAXL Design Professional Platform.
- Working with the Underwriting Manager within the assigned zone in furthering the AXAXL Design Professional Platform and achieving business' financial plan.
- Interacting directly with insureds, brokers and producers to service accounts.
- Working collaboratively in a team environment, assisting underwriters, underwriting assistants, and management team. Training newer staff members, acting as a mentor.
- Developing technical knowledge of design professional risk management to act as a resource on our product including ability to deliver educational programs, contract reviews, assist with policy coverage evaluations.
- Ensuring high quality service standards and compliance with all internal audit guidelines.
- Acting as a representative of the company and our agents by attending internal/external company functions, agent sponsored and industry events.
- Meet with brokers and set annual targets, issue monthly status reports, monitor P&L against plan.
- Take initiative and proactively support brokers and market interactions which support growth. Some examples include coordinating insured events, inclusion of claims, LPED, marketing, conducting regional broker meetings, targeting interaction(s) with ACEC, AIA.
- Meet with customers and prospects to develop relationships, deliver risk management education and to support business targets.
You will report to West Zone Underwriting Manager.
What you will BRING We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills and Abilities: - Bachelor's Degree required.
- Moderate commercial insurance experience (e.g., underwriting, claims, or insurance risk management or insurance related business development experience).
- Robust analytical, risk assessment, and relationship management skills, with the ability to evaluate complex exposures and make sound underwriting decisions
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outstanding insured and broker contacts.
- Ability to travel up to 20%
Desired Skills and Abilities: - Professional insurance designations, advanced degrees, or industry-related credentials are preferred, including but not limited to: RPLU, CPCU, CRIS, IIA, LLB, JD, BSc, or BEng.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent customer service focus is a must.
- Collaborative team player who provides creative solutions and ideas for resolution.
The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD $107,600 - $209,100.
Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual's skills, experience and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues' pay.
At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as an enterprising retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers. For more details about AXA XL's benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2026.
